"Activists want Paramount Pictures to take down billboards promoting the upcoming film "Get Rich or Die Tryin'," claiming the advertisements promote gun violence" (CNN). If you heard the news but haven't seen what it's all about, that's what. Don't you hate how big news sites (CNN apparently excluded) never post pics along with the stories?

"These umbrellas were produced by Gloss Hair Salon and given to customers to promote their services. "Hair you want to show off" is the line on the clear umbrellas, perfect for showing off your new hair cut."-- Frederik Samuel

"As part of their rather unique advertising campaign, huge iPod nano posters now adorn the platform walls of Toyoko Line Shibuya Station. As you depart the train you'll be faced with a stream after stream of 1:1 iPod nano cutouts, in which you can pull off and take home. Obviously, I helped myself to a few as well. Needless to say, with its tens of thousands of people passing through Shibuya station daily, those iPod cutouts won't last very long."-- purpin via Cult of Mac

Ok, this officially is a week of bathroom advertising humor, complete with urinal art, a butt-kissing poster, and some context advertising for Carefree. Pictured above is an installation in a Canadian bathroom for Mini. Copy: "Test your handling skills". Click image to zoom in. Source: Adverbox. When you go to Adverbox, read the comments, too.

What is it about superpowers' presidents that makes them so appealing to pizza businesses? The cheesiness? First (in 1997, to be exact), Gorby stars in a commercial for Pizza Hut, then some New Zealand's outfit uses Bush to peddle its own wares (pic from Flickr's kerrynz, here's the scoop).

An art project that uses the effect similar to the last year's craze of trasparent laptop screens, where the artist takes a picture of the landscape behind the billboard and then puts it on the billboard itself. Nifty. Via lancelord.